Pan Dau and Molas....Relationships in cloth around the world!

What does cloth do?

For eons of time, cloth has been used to communicate and convey messages even before the written word.  From birth till death, cloth is used to identify, mark off, and make special, events that are markers in our lives.

Pan Dau and Molas....Relationships in cloth around the world!

The Meo, or Hmong women of Laos, and the Kuna Indians in  Panama, have an unusual relationship of technique from half way around the globe.  How could this have occurred without some  kind of transmission of technique or a migration from Asia to Panama?  Join Caty in discovering the relationship between the Kuna Indians and the Hmong women of Laos, and the similarity of what they create!

Interview with Dottie Moore, Textile Artist

Dottie is an international textile artist who has stitched her way to mastery.  Her hypnotic tapestries reflect an inner world that is a narrative in thread and thousands of stitches.  She has taught internationally, exhibited in numerous museums, and has work in private collections, homes, museums and hospitals.   Dottie@dottiemoore.com DottieMoore.com

Pandemic, Cloth and more

This episode is a brief update after a year of navigating the pandemic.  Cloth, and it's relationship to this time are discussed.

The Way of The Doll

Did you know that there was, is, a school called, "The Way of The Doll?"  This episode is about  the school and my encounter with the year end show in San Francisco.